jpdb beta

master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)

1

warrant officer

2

cadet

2

training school

1

barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial

2

clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

2

platoon commander; section commander

1

preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

5

ardent; passionate; vehement

4

observer

3

unique; peculiar; singular

4

(early) childhood

2

grandparents

1

one's native land

4

fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

1

sense of nostalgia

1

desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

1

relations with women

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

2

passivity; negativity; halfheartedness

1

word; vocabulary

6

glossary; vocabulary

1

every night; nightly

1

to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest

1

to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word

1

sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination

1

lipstick

1

military camp

1

love affair; liaison

3

love affair; sensual pleasures

2

incompetent; have no merit

1

rumour of a love affair; talk of a romance

1

moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key

3

big man; large man; tall man; giant

8

archangel

1

under the control (of); under the dominion (of)

1

every (one) year

2

one knee

1

departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

1

stout; dark beer; porter's ale

5

large beer mug

2

mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

2

small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny

2

image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

3

memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition

4

legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force

1

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

3

dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

7

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

3